Door-hanger.



J DURAN.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLIOATIOK rnnn MAY 23, 1004.

Patented 0013.6,1908.

Lid/$730141? Inventor Witnesses Attorneys nu; NORRIS PETERS ca,WASHINGTON, u c.

TJOHN DORAN, or MPI E; MICHIGAN.

' DOOR-HANGER.

v No. 900,270.

Sp ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Application filed May as, 1904. Serial No. 209;356.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DonAN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Empire, in the county of Leelanaw and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Door-Hanger, of which the following is aspecification. v I a s This invention has relation to "hangers forsliding doors and it consists-in the novel construction and arrangementof its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The objectof the invention is to provide a hanger of thecharacterindicated the parts of which may be readily adjusted so thatthe door may be made'to fit snugly at its lower edge against a sill whenin closed position. a

A further object of the invention is to so arrange the parts ofthehanger whereby means is .alforded for holdingthe door in an openposition by causing a stud which is carried by the door'to engage thetrack rail and present sufficient friction to hold the door open. W henthe door is closed or in I 'door showing part of the hanger in section.

The hanger consists, in part, of the standards 1 and 2 which are spacedapart and preferably attached; to the opposite edge portion of the dooras will hereinafter ap- Said standards are disposed in ver pear. ticalpositions with their upper endsturned over in inverted U-shape and withthe rear terminals of the said U-shaped portions connected together by alongitudinal bar 3. The body portions of the said standards are likewiseconnected by horizontal bar 4 spaced from the bar 3 and paralleltherewith and occupying the same horizontal plane. The

bars 3 and 4 are riveted to the standards 1 and 2 as at 25 and areprovided with longitudinal slots 26 and 27 which receive the oppositeends of the axle 28 of the track wheel 5. A hood 24 is located upon theupper edges of thebars 3 and 4 and is U shaped in transverse sectionwith its end portions extending beneath the turned over ends of thestandards 1 and 2. The standards 1 and 2 are provided with the elongatedslots 20 and 21 respectively through which the respective bolts 22 and23 operate to clamp the standards to the door represented at 13. Thebolts 22 and 23 are slightly smaller in diameter than the width oftheslots 20 and 21 to provide for a limited amount of lateral movementbetween the bolts and slots in order that the door 3 may be adjustedfrom a strictly vertical position with relation to the said standards toa position at a slight angle thereto. The lower ends of the standards 1and 2 are turned outward as at 11 and 12 and are perforated to receivethe adjusting screws 18 and 19. i

Attached to the door 13 beneath the standard 1 by a single bolt 29 is abracket 14 having the upper end 16 turned outwardly and perforated toreceive the adjusting screw 18 the latter being provided with a nut 30which bears against the under side of the portion 16 of the bracket 14.Attached to the door 13 beneath thestandard 2 by a single bolt .31 isabracket 15 having its upper end turned outwardly and perforated toreceive the adjusting screw 19, the latter having a nut 32 which bearsagainst the under side ofthe portion 17 of the bracket 15.

Attached to the wall of a building or other object (portion of which isrepresented at 33 in the drawing) is a track 6 having a lateraloffset-34 and a vertical web 35, the latter bearing against thestructure33 and being secured thereto at suitable intervals as by bolts 36 orlike devices. The track is thus spaced away from the structure 33 sothatthe bar 3 and inner ends of the turned over portions of the standardswill not strike the supporting structure when the door is open or atother times.

One of the standards, for illustration the standard 2, is provided witha second eloni thus avoiding the necessity for removing the door at theend of the track only.

By this simple arrangement it is obvious that the ends of the slottedcarrier bars 3 and 4; are independently supported and also independentlyadjustable vertically to an extent sutlicient to maintain the slots 26and 27 in proper longitudinal position or with relation to the track 6.The slight degree of looseness of the bolts 22 and 23 in the. slots 20and 21 permit sufficient lateral movement to enable the parts to beadjusted as indi cated without binding. It will also be observed thatthe door 3 may be adjusted with relation to the standards 1 and 2 byturning the nuts and 32. By such means the door may not only be adjustedvertically but it may be positioned higher at one edge than at the otherso as to fit snugly against an inclined or worn sill. By reason of thefactthat the brackets 14c and 15 are each secured to the door 13 bymeans of a single bolt the said bracket may turn upon the said bolts inorder to maintain proper alinement with the standards 1 and 2 during theadjustment of the door last above mentioned. When the door has beenproperly adjusted the nuts upon the bolts 22, 23, 29 and 31 aretightened up so that the weight of the door not borne by the thread ofthe screws 18 and 15). Thus the said screws serve simply as adjustingmeans and are not subjectetd to strain incident to the weight of thedoor. Inasmuch as the outstanding portion 16 and 17 do not in anyparticular vertically overlap the portions 11 and 12 of the hangers andvice versa there are no overlapping projecting parts to interfere withthe adjustment of the door as above indicated the only connectingmembers between the said parts being the adjusting screws 18 and 19 andtheir attachments.

By reason of the fact that the stud S is mounted upon one of thestandards only it is at all times out of vertical alinement with thecenter of the wheel 5 and as the said stud lies under the portion 3% ofthe track (3 the stud at times will engage the portion 3t ot' the trackas the door and hanger is tilted upon the axle 28 of the wheel Thistilting movement occurs when the axle 28 passes from one side of thedoor to the other and traverses or crosses the center of gravity thereofwhen the door is open or moved to an open position from a closedposition.

In Fig. 1 itwill be observed that the stud 8 is indicated as being belowthe outstanding portion of the track (1. In this position the. door 13is closed and the wheel 5 is nearer the standard 1 than the standard 2.in Fig. 2 the stud S is shown in engagement with the outstanding portion8t which position :an occur only when the door is tilted upon the axle28, as for instance when the center of gravity of the door is betweenthe said axle and the standard 1. This occurs when the door is open andthe wheel 5 is nearer the stal'idard than the standard 1.. The stud 8 isin no sense an antitrictional dc vie: as its functions are to preventthe wheel 5 from jumping the track (1 and also to engage the said trackwhen the door is in an open position for the purpose of holding the doorin such a position. 'hen the door is closed or in the act of beingclosed the stud S is entirely out of engagement with the track (3.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A door hanger comprising two standards spaced apart, horizontal barsconnecting the upper ends of the standards together and fixing the samewith relation to each other, a single track wheel having its axlebearing within aliued slots provided in said bars between the standards,a track rail supporting said track wheel and a stud mounted upon one ofthe standards only and at all times being out of vertical alinement withthe center of the wheel and lying under the track and being normally outof engagement with the same but ,which engages the track when the doormoved so that the axle ol the wheel crosses a line lying in the verticalplane of the center ol gravity of the door.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aliixedmy signature in the presence ot two witnesses.

' .lUllN DORA N.

\Vitnesses:

Annnn'r E. \Vnimnn, Rana A. \ViLLAun.

